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I believe the point was simply that to describe Wolfe's army as "English" was incorrect, as the army was that of the United Kingdom of England and Scotland.  It also contained Irish, American and, in the Royal American Regiment, German, soldiers.  Describing the army by the ethnic term "English"...

There was, of course, nothing insignificant about France having a permanent base near the Grand Banks. Possession of the French Shore in Newfoundland was the basis for a fair amount of bloodshed in the 17th and 18th centuries.  The French reasonably considered St. Pierre and Miquelon to be of...

I agree there is no reason to cede Hans Island.  It is, as I said, a symbolic issue, but symbolism is important when sovereignty issues are raised.  On the other hand, because it is symbolic, neither Canada nor Greenland/Denmark are going to raise the stakes any further than they have - and the...

While it is sometimes described as having wider ramifications, resolution of the dispute over Hans Island will not result in either Canada or Greenland/Denmark acquiring any greater interests in the potential natural resources of the arctic.  The boundary between Canada and Greenland/Denmark in...

I saw the movie with my parents on Sunday. Dad is a Korea veteran and was impressed by the realism of the battle scenes and sounds, and the fact they (mostly) got the uniforms right. I agree the movie was a bit of a melodrama and dragged in the middle.  The one reaction that surprised me...

The army also used the Robin-Nodwell tracked carrier in the early sixties.  I'm not sure what the military designation for it was, but there were a substantial number of them based at Fort Churchill for winter warfare training.

Even if the deployment was planned before hand,  the nature of the press release and the participation of the Minister was clearly directed to a particular audience,  in the Kremlin, not in Canada.  The Russian reaction to Georgia's attempts to re-assert control over Ossetia was a message...

The Duke of Marlborough should be in the top three at least.  Cromwell and Edward I would also outrank most of the others on the list.  But such is the state of British education these days, its not surprising the list tends to be a bit random. I wonder who would rank first in a Canadian...

Here is a site discussing the development of the US army chevron, which, as someone noted above, changed in 1902 from point down to point up: http://howardlanham.tripod.com/chevrons/datingchevrons.html The British army didn't adopt the Chevron until 1802.  It has always been point-down.

Actually I meant "novel" in the sense of interesting, unusual but not very realistic. I don't mean to be rude, and I recognize that is a danger of these sorts of chats, but I really think you are off base in your suggestion that Professor McRae's opinion is somehow tainted by his previous...

While I am sure most submarine activities are confidential, there are some examples, as I mentioned, of such operations being publicly disclosed, long after the fact, mind you.  An example is here:  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/science/18arctic.html?8dpc It may be, as you say, that the...

Actually, accusing someone of bias, especially simply because he represented his own country in negotiations would be an example of an ad hominem argument.  Given your example, yes, I would accept Mr. Chochrane (who is, I believe, no longer with us) as ane expert on evidence in murder trials in...

As Professor McRae points out in the article cited above, with respect to the baselines in the Arctic - but the argument applies equally to the Inside Passage, Article 8 of UNCLOS does not apply if the base lines were draw prior to the treaty being ratified by th nation involved.  At the time...

Well, no, surely the transit fees (and it is only speculation to assume he had any role in their introduction) are entirely consistent with his explanation of the legal regime.  If, as Canada claims, the inside passage is internal Canadian waters, then, as Professor McRae says, the right of...

I'm not sure why Professor McRae's participation in the Salmon Treaty negotiations would invalidate his opinion on this matter, but, in any case, the current Canadian position is the Inside Passage constitutes Internal Canadian Waters...

Before you assume the author of that article may be "off base", you might refer to his credentials: Donald McRae  LL.B. (Otago), LL.M. (Otago), Dipl.Int.Law (Cant.), F.R.C.S. Donald McRae specializes in the field of international law and has been an Advisor for Canada in several international...

Or this? http://www.dadsarmy.co.uk/frontpage.html

Do you mean the Bell ARH-70?  If so, it seems unlikely that project will be able to deliver any aircraft within the time frames required by the Afghan mission.  I understand the prototypes are still undergoing test flights.

I'd also add the Brock Monument at Queenston Heights.  The pictures don't do it justice: http://www.friendsoffortgeorge.ca/bm.htm

MACLEAN's has a short summary of the expeditions to Russia here: http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20040126_73949_73949# While now seen as a minor event, it might be noted the total number of soldiers deployed exceeded the numbers now deployed by Canada in Afghanistan.  And while...